Traditional corporate hiring efforts do not lead to the desired results when targeting entrepreneurial minded innovators. Those people prefer startups over corporate jobs. Successfully recruiting innovators and game changers, people who are valuable because they think outside of the box and come up with technological innovations, is a great challenge for corporate recruiters.
The acquihiring strategy has gained attention from corporates worldwide, because firms are realizing the quality of innovative talent that is working at startups. However, these individuals prefer the freedom available in a startup environment, and many of them would never consider to join a large corporation.
Acquihiring allows large corporations to bring this talent on board by acquiring their firm. As a result the corporate acquirer get the entire team. There is a n: